Cognition

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Smoking and cognitive performance in the community elderly: a longitudinal study.

This prospective study investigated the association between smoking and cognitive performance in a community of nondemented elderly subjects aged 65 or older. All subjects were categorized as current smokers, former smokers, or never smokers. The ...
Wei-Ta Chen, Pei-Ning Wang, Shuu-Jiun Wang, Jong-Ling Fuh, Ker-Neng Lin, Hsiu-Chih Liu (J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol, 200303)
smoking-cognitive-performance-community-elderly-longitudinal-study.asp

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Heterotopias, cortical dysplasias and glioneural tumors participate in cognitive processing in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy.

Focal brain lesions such as cortical dysplasia and glioneural tumors generate epileptic activity and thus may be synaptically connected with normal cortex. To test this hypothesis, we compared event-related potentials recorded directly from the medial ...
Timo Kirschstein, Guillén Fernández, Thomas Grunwald, Nico Pezer, Horst Urbach, Ingmar Blümcke, Dirk Van Roost, Klaus Lehnertz, Christian E Elger (Neurosci Lett, 200303)
heterotopias-cortical-dysplasias-glioneural-tumors-participate.asp

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Development of computerized Kana Pick-out Test for the neuropsychological examination.

The Kana Pick-out Test, which was developed in Japan and done with paper and pencil, is said to be suitable for inspecting higher-order brain function and to be a good method for screening persons with mild or slight dementia. We have developed a ...
Masashi Inoue, Akihiko Suyama, Toshiaki Kato, Katsuya Urakami, Kenji Nakashima, Shunsuke Meshitsuka (Comput Methods Programs Biomed, 200303)
development-computerized-kana-pick-out-test-neuropsychological.asp

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Sequential designs for phase III clinical trials incorporating treatment selection.

Most statistical methodology for phase III clinical trials focuses on the comparison of a single experimental treatment with a control. An increasing desire to reduce the time before regulatory approval of a new drug is sought has led to development of ...
Nigel Stallard, Susan Todd (Stat Med, 200303)
sequential-designs-phase-iii-clinical-trials-incorporating-treatment.asp

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Commentary: cognitive-affective mechanisms and processes in autobiographical memory.

This commentary highlights some of the interesting points to emerge from the preceding papers about the self, social, and directive functions of autobiographical memory. Additionally some cognitive functions are also considered and especially the way in ...
Martin A Conway (Memory, 200303)
commentary-cognitive-affective-mechanisms-processes-autobiographical.asp

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Use of fluoxetine for treatment of Machado-Joseph disease: an open-label study.

CONTEXT: Machado-Joseph Disease (MJD/SCA3) is an autosomal dominant spinocerebellar degeneration that evolves to disability and death. Experimental data have shown that serotonin is an important cerebellar neurotransmitter and that impairment of the ...
T L Monte, C R M Rieder, A B Tort, I Rockenback, M L Pereira, I Silveira, A Ferro, J Sequeiros, L B Jardim (Acta Neurol Scand, 200303)
fluoxetine-treatment-machado-joseph-disease-open-label-study.asp

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The effects of adjunctive topiramate on cognitive function in patients with epilepsy.

PURPOSE: We investigated possible cognitive effects of topiramate (TPM) in polypharmacy on patients with intractable epilepsy. METHODS: Study 1 evaluated 22 consecutively admitted patients whose antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) on admission to the Montreal ...
Suzee Lee, Viviane Sziklas, Frederick Andermann, Sara Farnham, Gail Risse, Mary Gustafson, John Gates, Patricia Penovich, Abdullah Al-Asmi, Francois Dubeau, Marilyn Jones-Gotman (Epilepsia, 200303)
effects-adjunctive-topiramate-cognitive-function-patients-epilepsy.asp

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Conformity and dietary disinhibition: a test of the ego-strength model of self-regulation.

OBJECTIVE: Ego-strength depletion was examined as an explanation for dietary disinhibition in restrained eaters. We predicted that the depletion of ego strength resulting from having to choose whether to conform would undermine dietary restraint. METHOD: ...
Dana Kahan, Janet Polivy, C Peter Herman (Int J Eat Disord, 200303)
conformity-dietary-disinhibition-test-ego-strength-model-self.asp

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Childhood and current cognitive function in healthy 80-year-olds: a DT-MRI study.

Diffusion tensor MR imaging (DT-MRI) yields information on early pathological changes in white matter of the ageing brain which may correlate with cognitive function. However, because individuals vary in their cognitive ability, a measurement of prior ...
Susan D Shenkin, Mark E Bastin, Tom J MacGillivray, Ian J Deary, John M Starr, Joanna M Wardlaw (Neuroreport, 200303)
childhood-current-cognitive-function-healthy-year-olds-dt-mri-study.asp

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Theoretical models of cognitive aging and implications for translational research in medicine.

PURPOSE: We provide an overview of theoretical models of cognitive aging and present empirical research that uses these models to explain older patients medical behaviors and to develop interventions for improving the delivery of health information and ...
Scott C Brown, Denise C Park (Gerontologist, 200303)
theoretical-models-cognitive-aging-implications-translational.asp